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OPINION

11/01/08

RYAN KENNEDY: Troubled times deep in the heart of Texas (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Time getting tight on Blue Jackets (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: October surprises fast and furious on ice, not campaign trail (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: NHLPA taking steps against head-hit injuries (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Rink reflections (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: First-hand lessons on second-season struggles (The Hockey News)
LYLE RICHARDSON: For some, every night has been fright night (Foxsports)
DAMIEN COX: New-look Sharks out-Winging their opponents early on in season (ESPN)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: There's no no.1 debate, at Auld (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: DiPietro's pain is Danis's gain (Montreal Gazette)
SCOTT MORRISON: Semin takes shot at Crosby ... Ducks finally in flight ... Stamkos catches lightning in a bottle ... Lots of empty seats (Toronto Sun)
BOB DUFF: Hockey in Iafrate's blood (Windsor Star)
RED FISHER: Leafs not only most valuable franchise, they're also biggest surprise on the ice (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Strange night ends badly for Ducks (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JAMES DUTHIE: Getting to the bottom of the politics of hockey (Ottawa Citizen)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Bruins forwards lack progress so far (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
RANDY SPORTAK: NHL needs to give its head a shake and realize dangerous knocks to the noggin must be dealt with (Calgary Sun)
RED FISHER: Duck alert! Things are looking up in Anaheim (Montreal Gazette)
RED FISHER: Hockey Mom Palin partly to blame for hip-flexor injury suffered by Blues goalie Legace (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Tricky business finding sens' spot in the east (Ottawa Citizen)

10/31/08

ADAM PROTEAU: Bettman's reign has run its course (The Hockey News)
JAMES DEACON: Schenn's Success Depends On Who He Is (AOL Sports)
WES GOLDSTEIN: It's a case of road sweet road for surging Ducks (CBS Sportsline)
JIM KELLEY: Time to crack down on headhunters (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Hockeytown West: McLellan shows way to San Jose (The Sporting News)
JIM KELLEY: Balance sheet (Sportsnet)
RAY SLOVER: Shanahan wants to shop around; is anyone buying? (The Sporting News)
MIKE CHEN: What could be in Gaborik's future? (Foxsports)
GARY LOEWEN: Hockey's celebrity daters (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Melnyk lays down his bet (Ottawa Citizen)
ETHAN J. SKOLNICK: Fans crooning for fav B-o-o-th (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
STEVE SIMMONS: Boyfriend disputes testimony (Toronto Sun)
RICK SADOWSKI: Ovechkin hurting on and off ice (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
PAY HICKEY: Valentenko defects to Russia (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Kipper rebounds to baffle Bruins (Calgary Herald)
ANN KILLION: Sharks proficient at out-Winging Detroit (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
GARY LOEWEN: Ten Leafs questions, only five answers (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: 'My heart is in Ottawa' (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Staff slash after crash (Toronto Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Call it the thin edge of the blade (Vancouver Province)

10/30/08

RAY SLOVER: Head shots: Picture this issue from other angles (The Sporting News)
WES GOLSTEIN: Timing is everything for Senators as visit with owner looms (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: NHL must address increasing danger of hits to head (The Sporting News)
MARK HERRMANN: Some fast food for thought on Isles' MacDonald (New York Newsday)
GARY LOEWEN: Ten questions, five answers for Leafs (Toronto Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Europeans have little desire to be in NHL (Vancouver Province)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Teemu Selanne scores hat trick as Ducks beat Detroit, 5-4, in OT (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
TERRY FREI: Buzz about Bertuzzi lingering (Denver Post)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Mair escapes with only fine (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Hamrlik shakes off blocked shot (Montreal Gazette)
ROB LONGLEY: Leafs' grit pays off (Toronto Sun)

10/29/08

MICHAEL FARBER: Alex Ovechkin's mysterious slump, laughing Leafs and more (Si.com)
RAY SLOVER: Want to prevent head injuries? Don't invite them (The Sporting News)
JIM KELLEY: Who says Buffalo's dull? (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Rookie Stamkos, cool and collected, says ice time, goals will come (ESPN)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: How Kessel gave me a "why I watch hockey" moment (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Head hits not a black-and-white issue (Globe & Mail)
TERRY JONES: The mourning after (Edmonton Sun)
RYAN PYETTE: NHL should buy into OHL policy (Toronto Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Bucky Gleason: WNY passion for hockey is rewarded (Buffalo News)
ED WILLES: New kid can't wow them all the time (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: As the Bolts turn (Toronto Sun)
JIM MATHESON: MacTavish not to blame for Oilers woes (Edmonton Journal)
DAMIEN COX: Pattern emerging for Leafs and it isn't pretty (Toronto Star)
GARY LOEWEN: Meet Mats, Mr. Stash-Casha (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Hartsburg on his high horse, sort of (Ottawa Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Neely has Bruins heading back in right direction (Vancouver Province)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Head hits just keep on coming (Ottawa Citizen)
DAN BARNES: Gilbert: Got to be consistent (Edmonton Journal)
DAVID STUBBS: Markov lets his play do the talking (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Scrappy 'Lappy' an Av to admire (Calgary Herald)
PAT HICKEY: Impotent power play needs fixing (Montreal Gazette)
RED FISHER: Big Three got the best from their best (Montreal Gazette)

10/28/08

KEN CAMPBELL: Radical ideas keeps game headed in right direction (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: The return of offensive defensemen (Si.com)
MIKE BROPHY: Fighting on the rise (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Aging veterans prove they still have bounce (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 5 Things: Tampa in trouble; it's not about the money with Gaborik (ESPN)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Here's one for Lalime 'fans': He enjoyed playing for the Senators -- and came 'close' to making a comeback (Ottawa Sun)
CAM COLE: Lucic finally at home (Vancouver Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Pacioretty a CH work in progress (Montreal Gazette)
LUKE DeCOCK: Knock out head hits in NHL (Raleigh News & Observer)

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MIKE ZEISBERGER: Too early for Stamkos panic (Toronto Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings put up a good fight in loss to the Red Wings (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAVE DYE: Sabre pricks his opponents (Detroit News)
JOHN MacKINNON: Bruins rise from long hibernation (Edmonton Journal)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Krog’s big adventure brings him home (Vancouver Sun)
MARK PURDY: Big week for Sharks a boon for Bay Area sports (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Team's 'Crisis' not its first (Ottawa Citizen)
JENNIFER FLOYD ENGEL: The Dallas Stars are failing to live up to expectations (Fort Worth Star Telegram)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: Sweet starts can sour fast as Senators learned last season (Montreal Gazette)
LUKE DeCOCK: Cole will get chance for curtain call (Raleigh News & Observer)

Subscriber site

ROB LONGLEY: Studious Schenn staying (Toronto Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: 'Pressured' into threesome: Woman (Toronto Sun)
MARK HERRMANN: Hate to see Rangers-Islanders rivalry put on ice (New York Newsday)
PAT HICKEY: League must do more to protect players (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Stamkos requires patience, not pressure (Toronto Star)
GARY LOEWEN: NHL gets Fierce (Toronto Sun)

10/27/08

BRUCE GARRIOCH: Dollars and sense (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Lightning GM has been left red-faced by his team's slow start and in a fighting mood from the TV barbs (Toronto Sun)
DAN BARNES: Who are you, Jekyll and Hyde Oilers? We really want to know (Edmonton Journal)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators need a simple plan (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE BUFFERY: No rhyme, reason to bring Mats back (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Dark clouds lift at 'Dome as Flames find their stride (Calgary Herald)
GARY LOEWEN: Gunning on empty (Toronto Sun)
LANCE HORNBY: Monday Morning Puck Shot (Toronto Sun)

10/26/08

STEVE SIMMONS: Renney switched shootout goalies with a lot more at stake ... That was some Long Beach State infield ... All-star game got it right (Toronto Sun)
MARK HERRMANN: Rangers no longer playing name game (New York Newsday)
LARRY BROOKS: Agitator Lemieux seeks return to NHL (New York Post)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Risebrough might find there's limited appeal for star Gaborik; Smolinski staying in shape; Burish gets caught up in some cat fights (Ottawa Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Gainey forced onto defensive (Edmonton Journal)
RED FISHER: Lame Ducks get going (Montreal Gazette)
BARRY ROZNER: Skilled Sundin would fit Hawks well (Chicago Daily Herald)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Clearly, his spot is the slot (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
GEORGE JOHNSON: Theoren Fleury's dark side (Calgary Herald)
MICHAEL RUSSO: A minor impact in coaching (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Tough enough despite the missing pieces (Vancouver Province)
MARK HERRMANN: Jersey colors getting to be all about the money (New York Newsday)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Playing like an average Joe (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
JIM MATHESON: Trading superstars a difficult chore (Edmonton Journal)
DAVID STUBBS: Little guy Hodge stood tall for Habs (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Gerber, Auld, now Elliott gets to show his stuff after call-up; Murray's likely getting his own calls -- from other GMs (Ottawa Sun)
BILL LANKHOF: One dandy debut (Toronto Sun)
GARTH WOOLSEY: Hockey from First Nations' perspective (Toronto Star)
DAVE MOLINARI: Building the Penguins ... brains not included (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Blake embarrassed, but back (Toronto Star)

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